Chapter 903: Knowing that people’s hearts are sinister
The emergence of Jie Wang, at best, adds a possibility that seems to be beneficial to Li Chen in an already complicated and changeable situation.
But now everything is still a matter of two opinions.
The most important point is that Li Chen knows that people's hearts are sinister.
Jie Wang seems to have a pure heart and wants to do good for Shaolin.
But the problem is that Northern and Southern Shaolin have been separated for hundreds of years. Each has its own abbot and its own system.
If the teacher and ancestor Jie Wang can safely be regarded as a mascot, then the north and the south will naturally be dedicated to him.
But if Jie Wang forces himself to become the master of the Northern and Southern Shaolin families, this matter may not be easy to handle.
Even if Li Chen didn't get involved, he knew it would be extremely variable.
So Li Chen didn't have much hope at all.
He has one more important thing to do, which is the wedding day for him to marry Su Jinpa.
"Five more days."
The next morning, Li Chen summoned He Kun into the Xi Zheng Palace and said, "The wedding will be in five days. I asked you to preside over the collection of gifts. You should have collected almost all the gifts?"
He Kun's face was full of joy and he said: "It's almost done. All the officials of the imperial court, big and small, have been sent. Here are the accounts. Please take a look at them."
Li Chen took the thick account book handed over by He Kun, and after briefly browsing it, he looked directly at the total number at the back.
It was not his job to check the details. Someone would naturally take stock of the inventory. More importantly, He Kun did not dare to do anything about it. Li Chen believed that He Kun still had such brains.
As soon as he saw the total, Li Chen suddenly grinned.
"All kinds of cash silver, gold, treasures, etc. can be converted into a total of 8.75 million taels of silver."
"Not bad, quite good."
The officials in the imperial court were more greedy than Li Chen imagined.
Otherwise, where would they come up with so much money?
A total of more than eight million taels, which is as much as the total tax revenue of the Qin Empire in a year.
And with this money, the construction of the Royal Academy is no longer a problem.
Even other things can be done.
Being able to get so much money, Li Chen felt that it was not a loss for him to be shameless and collect money from others.
"Your Highness, not only the civil and military officials, but also many vassal kings have sent people to send gifts. Most of them are treasures with high and low values. However, the gifts from King Wen have never been moved."
Listening to He Kun's report, Li Chen frowned slightly.
As Li Chen is the prince, the vassal princes are all his relatives and elders. When the prince gets married, whether they like it or not, they all have to express their feelings.
But everyone else brought gifts, but King Wen didn't make any move, which made Li Chen a little curious.
Could it be that the restless King Wen was so cerebrally paralyzed that he would make himself look bad on such a trivial matter?
Even if his goal was achieved, what good would it do to him?
At this level, you shouldn't be so naive.
At this moment, an announcement came from outside the palace gate.
King Wen's congratulatory gift has arrived.
Li Chen stood up and said, "Let's go and see for myself what King Wen's belated gift is."
After taking He Kun and Wan Jiaojiao out of Xi Zheng Palace, Li Chen saw a line of carriages and horses being transported to the square in front of Xi Zheng Palace under the escort of guards.
On the carriage was a large box, which was obviously specially customized. No one knew what was inside until the box was opened.
Following the carriage were two aides from Prince Wen's residence.
One of the middle-aged men with a goatee said respectfully to Li Chen: "Hu Kai, a common man, is ordered by King Wen to send a congratulatory gift to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his wedding."
